Left brain, right brain : perspectives from cognitive neuroscience
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Left brain, right brain : perspectives from cognitive neuroscience
(A series of books in psychology)
W.H. Freeman, 1997, c1998
5th ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This jargon-free work presents a comprehensive overview of the way mental functions are divided between the left and right sides of the brain. It reviews the historical context from which the field emerged, focusing on behavioural implications, and intergrating new developments in cognitive neuroscience. The authors cover current neuroimaging techniques such as PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG. This edition has been updated to incorporate present thinking within hemispheric asymmetry.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - left brain, right brain and the new sciences of the mind
- the discovery of asymmetry - clues from the clinic
- exploring asymmetry in the normal brain
- handedness, sex, and the brain
- from the clinic to the laboratory - intergrating neuropsychology and neuroscience
- the evolution and development of asymmetry
- pathology and asymmetry
- hypotheses and speculation - beyond the data
- postscript - cerebral asymmetry as a continuing theme in the study of the brain.
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